{"id":11510,"date":"2014-07-18T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T13:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/?page_id=11510"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:07:24","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:07:24","slug":"language-of-film-art-direction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/language-of-film-art-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"Language of Film: Art Direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;a production designer is responsible for the physical environment in which the action and the meaning of a film takes place, interpreting the psychology and emotion of a screenplay and relaying that in visual form.&#8221; attributed to Robert Boyle<br \/>\n&#8220;the art director must convince viewers that the world of the film is undeniably real &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; &#8230;it is the art director who stands between the screenplay and the director of the film, turning the printed page into a place real or fanciful, constructed or found, and who does so for a price the producer can live with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;.if an art director is doing his or her job well, we as spectators are not consciously admiring the &#8216;look&#8217; as separate from the story unfolding and the characters involved.&#8221; \u00a0(Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/mockingbird-setting-2\/\">Film study guide<\/a>, To Kill A Mockingbird)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Timely News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/artisans\/spotlight\/production-designers-for-the-fabelmans-glass-onion-severance-and-more-assess-the-work-of-art-directors-guild-nominees-black-panther-wakanda-forever-1235518343\/\">Breaking Down the Artistic Choices Behind the Production Design of \u2018Glass Onion,\u2019 \u2018Severance\u2019 and More Art Directors Guild Nominees<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/beforesandafters.com\/2023\/02\/11\/the-production-design-of-avatar-the-way-of-water\/\">The production design of \u2018Avatar: The Way of Water\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/lists\/nightmare-alley-squid-game-adg-awards-production-designers\/\">Nightmare Alley; Squid Game and Others<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/11\/movies\/designing-nightmare-alley-west-side-story-the-humans.html\">When Production Design Plays A Supporting Role<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/bridgerton-the-crown-halston-set-design-1234993025\/\">\u2018Bridgerton\u2019, \u2018The Crown\u2019 and \u2018Halston\u2019 Production Designers Talk Set Designs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/lists\/set-designers-behind-mank-tenet-the-father-news-of-the-world-and-ma-raineys-black-bottom-talk-crafting-oscar-worthy-sets\">Set Designers Behind Mank, Tenet, Father, News of the World, Ma Rainey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2021\/artisans\/awards\/oscar-contenders-production-design-1234948339\/\">A Look at Oscar Contenders for Production Design<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/behind-screen\/how-the-mank-production-designer-re-created-hearst-castle\">How MANK production designer recreated Hearst Castle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/tv\/features\/hollywood-mrs-america-plot-against-america-production-design-1234692198\/\">Production Design in Hollywood, Mrs America &amp; The Plot Against America<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/artisans\/awards\/1917-sam-mendes-set-design-1203491213\/\">1917 Production Design<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/how-mary-poppins-returns-painstakingly-created-1930s-london-1163535\">Recreating 1930s London for Mary Poppins Returns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2017\/artisans\/production\/guillermo-del-toro-shape-of-water-1202633301\/\">Color &amp; Meanings in &#8220;Shape of Water&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/envelope\/la-en-mn-crafts-wonderstruck-20171214-story.html\">Wonderstruck Production Design<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1984\/09\/09\/arts\/just-what-production-designers-do.html?pagewanted=all\">What Production Designers Do<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/bwwtv\/article\/Art-Directors-Guild-Awards-to-Honor-Production-Designer-Norm-Newberry-20171120\">Art Directors Guild To Honor Newberry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ew.com\/awards\/2017\/10\/20\/wonderstruck-haynes-cinematography-production-design\/\">Wonderstruck&#8217;s Visual Design<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/news-opinion\/news-bfi\/lists\/12-masterful-brian-de-palma-set-pieces?utm_content=buffer006ae&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitterbfi&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">12 Masterful Brian DePalma Set Pieces<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2016\/artisans\/awards\/production-and-costume-design-propel-films-to-kudos-contention-1201704238\/\">Production\/Costume Designers Propel Films To Recognition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sJCo5k1uzDY&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;list=UUzuwS1ll2HuQ1wV-tqf43KQ\">Day In The Life of Production Designer<\/a>: Jane Musky<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nprberlin.de\/post\/color-schemes-and-doorknobs-production-designer-shares-his-process\">Color Schemes And Doorknobs: A Production Designer Shares His Process<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/link.hollywoodreporter.com\/518927f9191b2a646dbbbe671gd32.4ri\/UwvKfsJSKjUCB-J0A50c3\" href=\"http:\/\/link.hollywoodreporter.com\/518927f9191b2a646dbbbe671gd32.4ri\/UwvKfsJSKjUCB-J0A50c3\">Production Design: Storytelling, Technology and Misconceptions About the Craft<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/graphics.latimes.com\/towergraphic-unseen-production-design\/\">The unseen world of production design<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/a.oscar.go.com\/video\/PL55161146\/_m_VD55256819\">Behind The Ballot: Production Design<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recommended Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Architectural Digest: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.architecturaldigest.com\/topic\/film\">Set Design Columns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/SETTING.htm\">Art Direction<\/a>\u00a0in &#8220;To Kill A Mockingbird&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adg.org\/\">Art Directors Guild\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/qbhi-JICKKI\">Art of Film &amp; TV Title Design<\/a>\u00a0(PBS, video)<\/li>\n<li>Blade Runner\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZPluJUQGHrg&amp;feature=related\">Designing the Future\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0video<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wwwcinemastyle.blogspot.com\/\">CinemaStyle<\/a>\u00a0(blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/02\/22\/opinion\/22movietitles.html\">Credit Where Credits Are Due<\/a>\u00a0(NYT)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bfi.org.uk\/news-opinion\/news-bfi\/features\/celebrating-kubrick-dr-strangelove-50\">Dr. Stangelove<\/a>: Production Design &amp; More<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/home.fa.utl.pt\/~cfig\/Bibliografia\/Extras\/Cenografia\/447%20-%20The%20Filmmaker's%20Guide%20To%20Production%20Design.pdf\">Filmmaker&#8217;s Guide to Production Design<\/a>\u00a0(pdf)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f3vCa87HUEU\">Ins &amp; Outs of Art Direction<\/a>\u00a0video<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1984\/09\/09\/arts\/just-what-production-designers-do.html?pagewanted=all\">Just What Do Production Designers Do<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectmagazine.com\/design\/exhibits-books-etc\/making-a-scene-the-work-of-dante-ferretti-at-moma_o\">Making A Scene: The Work of Dante Ferretti<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Lesson Plans:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oscars.org\/education-outreach\/teachersguide\/artdirection\/index.html\">Art Direction<\/a>:\u00a0The Visual Language of Film (from the AMPAS Teacher Guide Series)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cteonline.org\/portal\/default\/Curriculum\/Viewer\/Curriculum?action=2&amp;view=viewer&amp;cmobjid=270371\">Art Direction &amp; Production Design<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/learning.blogs.nytimes.com\/2004\/06\/03\/funding-films\/?_php=true&amp;_type=blogs&amp;_r=0\">Get Set<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.architecturaldigest.com\/resources\/features\/2011\/09\/must-see-architecture-design-films#slide=1\">Must See Movies Starring Architecture &amp; Design<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/collections.oscars.org\/prodart\/\">Production Art Database<\/a>\u00a0(from the AMPAS Teacher Guide Series)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lLR0edZ6pRc\">Production Design <\/a>(Film Tutorial #4)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.setdecorators.org\/?art=setdecor\">Set Decor Online<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.setdecorators.org\/\">Set Directors Society of America<\/a><\/li>\n<li>VIDEO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20071011195021\/http:\/\/www.thefutureschannel.com\/dockets\/hands-on_math\/the_art_director\/swf\/video.swf\">The Art Director<\/a>\u00a0(Futures Channel)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2017\/film\/global\/production-designer-adam-stockhausen-wes-anderson-1202618322\/\">Wes Anderson&#8217;s Production Designer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/curiosity.discovery.com\/question\/what-does-art-director-do\">What Does A Film Art Director Do?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehow.com\/video_4755817_what-art-director.html\">What is an art director?<\/a>\u00a0(eHow video)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Recommended Books\/Periodicals\/Videos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/art-production-1a.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-16554\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16554 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/art-production-1a-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"art production 1a\" width=\"116\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/art-production-1a-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/art-production-1a.jpg 352w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/art-prod-book.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/art-prod-book.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/art-prod-book.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/art-prod-book-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/saul-bass-book.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31527\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/saul-bass-book.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/saul-bass-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-31528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/saul-bass-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/saul-bass-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/saul-bass-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prod-design-book.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prod-design-book.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"108\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prod-design-book.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/prod-design-book-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 108px) 100vw, 108px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/ARTDIRECTOR.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"115\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" 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